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At Harts we have been advising solicitors for many years. We provide general business advice as well as advice on issues unique to solicitors.
- Do your accounts meet the requirements of HM Revenue & Customs?
- Have you considered you may be understating your turnover and profits?
- Are you accounting correctly for receipts from the Legal Services Commission, including VAT requirements?
- Have you thought about becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP)?
- Have you considered whether or not to own property in the firm?
- Have you thought about how your firm is structured to achieve your retirement and succession plans?
Our services include:
- Accounts
- Solicitors’ Accounts Rules (SAR)
- Partnership taxation and partners’ tax returns
Other advisory services: -
- Advising on ownership
- Partnership agreements
- Profit sharing agreements
- Insurance and risk management
- Capital restructuring
- Partnership change
- Limited Liability Partnerships
- Incorporation
- Tax planning
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Practice valuation
- Succession and retirement planning
- Investigations and due diligence
- New partner status and term
- Partnership agreements and disputes
- Financial services
- Wealth planning and exit planning
- Keyman policies
- Employee benefits
- Partnership protection cover
- Pensions
- Mortgage advice
- For your clients
- Litigation support and expert witness
- Forensic accounting
- Acquisitions
- Disposals
- Fund raising
- Tax advice for business and tax issues on divorce
- Stamp duty advice
- Financial advice
- Corporate recovery and insolvency
Events
We also run a Profit Improvement Workshop aimed specifically at partners of solicitor practices; please visit our ‘Events’ page and ‘Previous Events’ for more information on our last event.
Legal Newsletters
Each quarter we produce a newsletter full of useful information.
Six reasons to choose Harts
- Substantial pool of shared knowledge and expertise
- Partners dedicated to legal business
- An annual review of standards
- Continuous professional training pertinent to the legal profession
- Ability to successfully manage assignments on a local, national and international level
- Quality and prompt service at all levels
We are members of theUK200Group Legal Group. Solicitors today should expect their accountants to have a whole range of specialist skills not previously seen outside the largest firms.
Members of the UK200 Legal Group have these skills and we are uniquely placed to have an understanding of the pressures and opportunities of running such a business. We know how important it is to maintain professional standards and not only make profits but also generate cash flow.
The strength of UK200 Legal Group members’ relationships with their clients is based on a close understanding of the sector and its problems. This depth of understanding, together with the continuity of partner service and competitive charges provides the essential basis for selecting a UK200Group firm.
Useful Links
www.lawsociety.org.uk
www.lawgazette.co.uk
www.sra.org.uk
www.lms.lawsociety.org.uk
www.lawsociety.org.uk/productsandservices/lexcel.page
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